Notice and Note Signposts

a sharp contrast between what we would expect and what we observe the character doing OR behavior that contradicts previous behavior or well-established patterns

• Contrasts and Contradictions

• Aha Moment

• Again and Again

• Tough Questions

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

events, images, or particular words that recur over a portion of the novel or story or during the whole work

• Words of the Wiser

• Memory Moment

• Again and Again

• Aha Moment

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

when a character remembers something that interrupts the forward progress of the story; a flashback

• Words of the Wiser

• Memory Moment

• Contrasts and Contradictions

• Tough Questions

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

a character’s realization of something that shifts his or her actions or understanding of him/herself, others, or the world around him or her (a lightbulb moment)

• Again and Again

• Tough Questions

• Memory Moment

• Aha Moment

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

 questions a character raises that reveal his or her inner struggle(s)

• Tough Questions

• Memory Moment

• Aha Moment

• Words of the Wiser

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

the advice or insight a wiser character–usually older–offers about life to the main character

• Memory Moment

• Tough Questions

• Words of the Wiser

• Again and Again

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.3